Leisure Learning for Adults

IT'S POSSIBLE to take classes without the pressure of tests or grades! Various colleges, universities, and organizations with recreation departments across the nation offer creative learning experiences for adults of all ages. Programs are specifically designed to meet individual needs by expanding horizons through fun and challenging classes and activities; by providing opportunities to meet new people; and, by encouraging a "stay active" lifestyle.

Types of courses can be wide and varied. Some examples might be art, crafts, science, fitness, personal development, foods, sports, entertainment, drama, history, government, or computers.

Class titles are limited only by the imagination of program developers. Listed below, in random order, are several potential choices.

Jewelry Making
Speaking Spanish
Fun and Games
Painting with Acrylics
Drawing
Tai Chi
Scrapbooking
Table Games
Stained Glass Mosaics
Beginning Bridge
Refining Your Bridge Skills
Astronomy
Painting with Watercolors
Basic Fitness
Fit to Defend
Yoga
Chair Yoga
Artists' Workshop
Journaling Adventures
Memories to Memoirs: Writing Life Stories
Beginning Sign Language
Working with Mixed Media Art
Fundamentals of Digital Photography
Techniques in Food Preparation
The Cold War Era
Civil War Roundtable
Titanic: The Ship of Dreams
Basic Computer Practice
Excel: The Basics
Elements of Photoshop

The examples above are just a start. There's a plethora of other possibilities.

For those of you interested in furthering your education, and having fun at the same time, consider taking a new class and/or participating in a new activity. Listen for announcements on local radio and television; watch for advertisements in local newspapers; and, look for booklets, brochures, or fliers distributed in your community. Providers of these programs are very desirous of sharing their information with as wide an audience as possible.

Taking advantage of opportunities to expand horizons, meet new people, and stay active all have benefits - now and for the future. In addition, leisure learning for adults is just, simply put, worlds of fun!